Sorsogon City

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Sorsogon City

Location
Map of Sorsogon showing the location of Sorsogon City.
Government
Region	Bicol Region (Region V)
Province	Sorsogon
District	1st district of Sorsogon
Barangays	64
Income class:	5th class city; partially urban
Mayor
Cityhood	August 16, 2000
Physical characteristics
Area	338.20 km²
Population      Total (2000)      Density	134,678 398.22/km²

Sorsogon City is a 5th class city in the province of Sorsogon, Philippines. It is the capital city of Sorsogon. It was formed by merging the former towns of Bacon and Sorsogon in 2000.

According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 134,678 people in 26,047 households.

[edit] Barangays

Sorsogon City is politically subdivided into 64 barangays.

36 barangays were in the former municipality of Sorsogon:

Abuyog Almendras-Cogon (Pob.) Balogo Barayong Basud Bibincahan Bitan-o/Dalipay (Pob.) Bucalbucalan Buenavista Buhatan Bulabog Burabod (Pob.)

Cabid-An Cambulaga Capuy Gimaloto Guinlajon Macabog Marinas Pamurayan Pangpang Panlayaan Peñafrancia Piot (Pob.)

Polvorista (Pob.) Rizal Salog (Pob.) Salvacion Sampaloc (Pob.) San Isidro San Juan (Roro) Sirangan (Pob.) Sulucan (Pob.) Talisay (Pob.) Ticol Tugos

28 barangays were in the former municipality of Bacon:

Balete Balogo Bato Bon-Ot Bogña Buenavista Cabarbuhan Caricaran Del Rosario Gatbo Jamislagan Maricrum Osiao Poblacion

Rawis Salvacion San Isidro San Juan San Pascual San Ramon San Roque San Vicente Santa Cruz Santa Lucia Santo Domingo Santo Niño Sawanga Sugod

[edit] History

Sorsogon City was created by virtue of Republic Act 8806 which was enacted on August 16, 2000 and ratified in December 2000.

Prominent politicians of the locality behind its creation were incumbent Sorsogon 1st District Representative Francis Escudero and former Bacon Municipal Mayor Leovic R. Dioneda. Former Bacon Vice-Mayor Aurelio Destacamento, joined by former Sorsogon councilors Antonio C. Detera, Azel Diesta and Telo Mella fought before the two local legislative chambers, for the approval of appropriation ordinances providing budget for the holding of its plebiscite.

Prior to its ratification, a petition to declare RA 8806 null and void was filed by lawyer Atty. Gil Gojol. Because Bacon municipality was enjoined as one of the respondents in said petition, a young practising lawyer from Buenavista, Bacon District, in the name of Atty. Glenn Olbes, defended its constitutionality. The legal battle for its constitutionality was upheld later on by a majority decision of the Sorsoguenos who desire for the development of the newly created local government unit.

Opponents for its ratification were incumbent Governor Raul R. Lee and his wife, Sally A. Lee who became its first contested City Mayor.

[edit] External links

• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• 2000 Philippine Census Information